The Top Movies, Weekend of September 25, 1981

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(7)	Mommie Dearest	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$4,667,761	+415.25%	930	$5,019	$5,580,619	10
2	(new)	Only When I Laugh			$3,880,870		758	$5,120	$3,983,269	5
3	(new)	So Fine			$2,591,730		1,031	$2,514	$2,591,730	3
4	(3)	Arthur	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,396,551	-18.35%	925	$2,591	$50,053,029	73
5	(2)	Body Heat	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$2,186,458	-27.79%	814	$2,686	$8,629,339	31
6	(1)	Continental Divide	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$2,000,000	-37.86%	831	$2,407	$6,086,063	10
7	(4)	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$1,871,521	-19.57%	621	$3,014	$134,396,731	108
8	(new)	Carbon Copy	Avco Embassy	Comedy	$1,451,286		450	$3,225	$1,451,286	3
9	(5)	Stripes	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,388,529	-10.42%	848	$1,637	$78,271,428	94
10	(6)	An American Werewolf in London	Universal	Horror	$641,105	-54.21%	305	$2,102	$20,445,527	38
11	(9)	Private Lessons	Jensen Farley Pictures	Comedy	$248,919	-23.69%	107	$2,326	$5,850,000	31
12	(new)	True Confessions			$154,923		4	$38,731	$154,923	3
13	(10)	Raggedy Man	Universal	Drama	$150,000	-47.75%	101	$1,485	$511,115	10
14	(14)	Prince of the City	Orion Pictures	Drama	$144,873	+68.60%	13	$11,144		40
15	(13)	The French Lieutenant's Woman	MGM	Drama	$136,187	+9.73%	5	$27,237	$335,497	10
16	(new)	Southern Comfort			$116,943		17	$6,879	$116,943	3
17	(new)	Chariots of Fire	Sony Pictures	Drama	$68,907		3	$22,969	$68,907	3
18	(12)	Gallipoli				-100.00%	20		$922,146	31